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Lesson Plan
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Cycles of Life

For Teachers K
Students explore the metamorphosis of an insect as it changes from an egg to pupa to an adult. the process of change is observed, recorded, and transformed into a life cycle picture.
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Lesson Plan
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How Far Can a Butterfly Fly

For Teachers K - 1st
Students draw a picture of their favorite insect and describe. Students make a paper art project ladybug and write a story about it. Students map areas where certain insects are more prevalent. Students count dots on ladybugs and record.
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Organizer
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Which Baby Animals Looks Unlike Their Parents?

For Students K - 2nd
Learners review the steps of the butterfly life cycle to show how the babies are different from the parents. This worksheet is a graphic organizer with four fill in the blank statements.
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PPT
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Butterfly Life

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This PowerPoint includes illustrations and explanations of each of the 4 stages in the life of a butterfly. The text provides appropriate reading material for students to practice nonfiction reading comprehension strategies. The text is...
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Worksheet
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Butterfly Life Cycle...

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this butterfly worksheet, students study a picture of a butterfly and label the picture with the different stages of the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Worksheet
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Caddis Identification

For Students 5th - 12th
In this caddis fly learning exercise, students examine the caddis fly at its larva, pupa, and adult stages. Students draw each stage. Students identify what materials were used to build their cases from drawings. This learning exercise...
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Lesson Plan
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Lucy the Changing Ladybug

For Teachers K
Students listen as the teacher reads "Lucy the Changing Ladybug." Students use construction paper to create a large leaf which they divode and number four sections. Each section will be illustrated to represent one stage of a ladybug's...
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Lesson Plan
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Development in Drosophila melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils study the least familiar aspect of development in Drosophila melanogaster; the development of the pupa. Students isolate and culture "First-day" pupae. They are dissected daily to study the progressive developmental changes.
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Worksheet
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Caddis Life Cycle and Cases

For Students 6th - 12th
In this caddis fly worksheet, students review the life cycle of the fly and then identify the different cases created by the fly. This worksheet has 5 fill in the blank statements.
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Worksheet
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Adopt-An-Insect Bingo

For Students 5th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students select twenty-five terms relating to insects to complete their bingo card as listed on the sheet. Then they match each name or family with its correct description.